Dirigible air-ship.



R. 0. WHITE.

DIRIGIBLE AIR SHIP. APPLICATION FILED AUG. 26, 1907.

906,842. Patented Dec. 15, 1908.

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R. 0. WHITE.

DIRIGIBLE AIR SHIP.

APPLICATION FILED we. 26, 1907.

Patented Dec. 15, 1908.

RUFUS CLAYTON WHITE, or os-ANeELns, CALIFORNIA.

DIBIGIBLE AIR-SHIP Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 26, 1907. Serial No. 390,256.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RUFUs CLAYTON WHITE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dirigible AirShips, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to aeronautics and to the lmprovement of balloons so as to make "them dirigible and at the same time assist in lifting them. I accomplish this by securing a frame to the balloon carrying propellers, attached to vertical shafts driven by a motor carried by the frame, the propeller blades being connected with the. motor by means of .fleizible shafts and having adjusting means secured thereto so that the (propellers are ca pable of being adjusted to root the balloon in any horizontal direction as well as aiding in lifting it.

My invention will be described in detail hereinafter and illustrated. in the accompanying drawings in which? Figure 1 is a side view of my improved ropeller, Fig. 2, a sectional view on the ine 22 of Fig. 1, and Fig. '3, an end view of the device.

In the drawings similar r ference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

' Fig. 1.

1, indicates an elongated frame capable of being secured in any desired manner to a balloon and having another frame 2 extending downwardly from its middle, said frames 1 and 2 constituting a T-shaped frame as shown in The frame 1 is provided with a number of cross-braces 3 on which are journaled shafts 4, 5 and 6, clutches 7 being provided to throw the shaft 4 into gear with shafts 5 and 6.

, 8 indicates uprights made preferably of angle iron and secured in frame 2 and carrying a series of shafts 9 journaled thereon with sprocket wheels 10 keyed thereto carry ing chains 11 forming gearing to transmit power from any motor carried by platform 12 secured to the bottomyof frame 2 to a sprocket wheel 13 keyed to shaft 4.

In the drawings the power is generated by a foot treadle 14 mounted on the platform 12 and connected with the lowermost shaft 9 by means of crank 15 and pitman 16 but it will be apparent that any other motor may be substituted. i

7 indicates beveled gear wheels keyed to the ends of shafts 5 and 6 and 18 indicates the propeller shafts journaled in frame 1 and horizontal bars 19 secured thereto and having be veled gear wheels 20 on their up er ends that mesh with gear wheels 17. he

ropeller shafts 18 have flexible sections 21 intermediate of their ends so that the lower end of the shafts carrying the propeller blades 22 can be adjusted to drive the balloon in any direction desired.

23 indicates a bracket secured under frame 1 at each side of frame 2, and 24 se mental, serrated jaws secured to said brac ets, pivotally secured" together by means of links 25 and locked together by means of bolts 26 loosely mounted in 100 s 27 in the loose 'aws and having threade thread fixed jaws.

29 indicates eye loops secured to brackets23 and 30 rods loosely mounted in said eye-loops 29 and having bifurcated 'ends 31 pivotally secured to sleeves 32 inclos ing the shafts 1.8 between the flexible sections 21 and propellers 22. The free ends of rods 30 are engaged by the jaws 24 and it will be understood that after loosening the jaws 2Q the free ends of shafts 18 may be adjusted so that the propellers incline downwardly in any direction towards the horizon. As the two propellers are independently adjustable it wlll be understood that they may be pointed in the same direction or if desired may be inclined in different directions as indicated in Fig. 1 in which the right hand propeller shaft is pointed directly downward and the left hand propeller to one side.

Having thus described my invention what I claim is j 1. In an air-ship, a suitable frame having a driving shaft journaled thereon, propeller shafts geared to said driving shaft and having flexible sections, brackets secured to said frame, eye-loops on said brackets, rods loosely mounted in said eye-loops, sleeves pivotally secured to said rods and slidably PatentedDee.15,1908.-

ends to fit ed apertures 28 in the free ends of the mounted on the propeller shafts, and clamps piyotally secured to said rods and slidsbly members to hold them inengagement with niountled on the progeller shafgs, a segsaid rods.

' menta serrated mem er. secure to each 4 bracket, a Corresponding member pivotally RUFUS. CLAYTON WHITE '5 secured to said member, said serrated mem- Witnesses:

bers constitutin jaws to engage said r'ods, J.'W. SWANWIOK, and a screw be t secured to saidserrated SHIRLEY C. WARD. 

